Guizhi Jiagui Tang
NameThe Prescription of Guizhi Jiagui TangSourceThe book of Shang Han LunIngredientsGui Zhi 15 g,Shao Yao 9 g,Sheng Jiang 9 g,Zhi Gan Cao 6 g,Da Zao 3 dates.ExplanationGui Zhi: Expelling pathogenic factors from the muscles and skin by means of diaphoresis, warming the channels to expel pathogenic co
Name
The Prescription of Guizhi Jiagui Tang
Source
The book of Shang Han Lun
Ingredients
Gui Zhi 15 g,Shao Yao 9 g,Sheng Jiang 9 g,Zhi Gan Cao 6 g,Da Zao 3 dates.Explanation
Gui Zhi: Expelling pathogenic factors from the muscles and skin by means of diaphoresis, warming the channels to expel pathogenic cold.
Bai Shao: Nourishing the liver to relieve pain.
Sheng Jiang: Being pungent in taste and warm in nature, dispersing accumulation of pathogens, regulating the stomach to arrest vomiting.
Da Zao: Invigorating the spleen-Qi, relieving the liver depression, treating deficiency of the heart.
Zhi Gan Cao: Invigorating the spleen and stomach, tempering the actions of all the other ingredients.
The Effect of Guizhi Jiagui Tang
Effect
Warm yang to dispel cold, direct qi downward.
Administrations
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.
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